Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a group circulating a petition to put the state’s new congressional map up for a vote of the people. The lawsuit claims People Not Politicians’ efforts to put the map before voters are unconstitutional.

Missouri’s recently approved congressional map is up for debate again as Secretary of State Denny Hoskins announced today that a group is seeking to repeal the map through referendum.

People not Politicians argues the over 100,000 signatures volunteers have already collected are valid and lawful.

A referendum petition seeking to pause recently enacted redistricting legislation has been approved for circulation by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, according to a news release from the Secretary of State’s Office.

Missouri Attorney General files lawsuit that seeks to stop People Not Politicians from moving forward with its referendum to put the new gerrymandered congressional map before voters for approval.

Missouri's secretary of state has approved a referendum petition seeking to repeal the state's new congressional map, which was signed into law in September.

Through September 2025, Ballotpedia reported on 24,294 elections across 46 states: 17,907 (74%) were uncontested and 6,387 (26%) were contested. Kansas elections so far in 2025 followed the trend, but Missouri had a greater rate of contested races.

Voters in Greene County must request a mail-in ballot by October 22nd and return it by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, and in-person absentee voting is available until November 3rd.